"Did you hear that, my daughter? "
Kaida opened her eyes and looked over a beautiful flower field, with a round lake in the distance. The sun was shining and the sky was clear and a few clouds were visible. A warm breeze went down her face.
She laid with her head on her mother's legs, who stroked her hair at a calm pace. Her mother looked lovingly at Kaida who laid peacefully on her legs.
"My dear, it has been two weeks now, don't you want to see your children? If you hear them cry or babble, do you not tend to pick them up? If you feel their hands, don't you feel the urge to grab their hands? What keeps you from opening your eyes?"
Kaida closed her eyes again and enjoyed her mother's touch.
"Mother, where is auntie?"
Her mother sighed and pointed in the distance
"She is there, come then we will go to her. As you know it is time that you go back. We won't be able to control your flame for long."
Kaida and Katsumi stood up and walked across the flower field. as they walked she saw colorful butterflies flying among the flowers. When they passed the lake they came to a large area and the closer they came the higher the temperature became.
Kaida and Katsumi looked at the large area. There they saw a large flame burning that grew bigger with every second. The flame was red but the core of the flame was blue.
"Mmm I don't know how that husband of yours did it, but if he didn't give you a bit of energy you would have died"
Kaida walked to an older lady with long brown-red hair. She was small and had a voluptuous physique. She stood with her arms raised toward the flame.
"Auntie"
Her aunt interrupted her before she could continue talking
"My cute niece, it's not that we don't like to see you, but don't you see that your ancestors and your family are tired? You would think that we would have some peace here in the hereafter. It is clear that your time has not yet come. Look at how many people we need to control your flame with. Do you really want to destroy our resting place? Where do our loved ones go when they die?"
Kaida listened to her aunt's words and watched the flame. She saw several people standing around the flame with their hands towards the flame. She recognized some like her grandfather and cousins who had already left the living behind.
She saw the flame grow even though there were so many people who kept it under control.
"My daughter, you know that a flame of the living does not belong in the realm of the dead. It's time you go "
Katsumi approached her and gave her a hug and kissed her forehead.
"I am so proud of all my children. And ow yes, tell your father that I am angry that he has told our secret!"
Before Kaida could say anything, her mother gave her a loving smile and pushed Kaida into her flame. When Kaida hit the core of her flame, the flame disappeared immediately from the surface. The surface gradually began to recover.
Kaida opened her eyes and looked around. She saw that she was in a room unknown to her, because the sun had already set, it was dark in the room. Only a candle burned in the chamber .
She looked beside her and saw Rei looking at her with tears in her eyes
"You are finally awake"
Kaida wanted to sit up but her whole body was very sore and she had little strength.
"Where are my children?"
Rei face immediately became bitter and you could see that she was angry.
"They are in the North wing at Haya!"
Kaida frowned and looked at her with a confused look.
"Why are they there? "
Rei told her everything that had happened in those two weeks and that Haya planned to record the names of the children in the birth register the following day during the council meeting.
Kaida was furious, why was Haya still in the palace! She took Rei's hand and looked at her seriously.
"Rei I have a task for you, and I prefer that you leave immediately, is that possible?"
Rei took her hand and immediately got up
" I will do everything for you"
Kaida laughed lovingly and was intensely happy with a friend like her.
"I want you to leave immediately for the birth tribe of Okuri and tell him what his wife did. Also tell him that I accept his offer, he knows what I mean by that. "
Rei nodded and released her hand and walked towards the door
"I am leaving right away"
"Wait before you go, let Jaya come and come up with an excuse why I can't have visitors except Jaya and my children"
Rei nodded again and walked out the door.
...
"When I heard you were awake, I immediately made food for you. You have to eat well since your body has been lacking in nutrients for too long. I also immediately brought the first Prince and Princess with me "
Jaya placed the two babies next to Kaida. The first prince lay quietly next to her, and was staring at her face. While the first princess was moving wildly with her hands and only had eyes for everything around her.
"They are so beautiful, but why did you only bring these two?"
Jaya set down the tray of food and helped Kaida to sit down
"well the second prince is a bit difficult to get since he is often with the king. Anyway we will talk about that later, first try to eat something. Then we can see if you are capable of breastfeeding. "
Kaida nodded and let Jaya help her with food. During the meal, Jaya was mainly speaking and told Kaida everything she had missed.
"I'm glad they at least have their personal maids. I also feel that the first princess is more close with her Cold than her warmth and with the first prince it is the other way around. "
Jaya nodded
"Yes, I also heard that from their personal maids, they both had no trouble making their dragon egg hatch. The second prince, however, has difficulty with it and during these two weeks neither his heat nor cold has ever been out of control. He keeps having a normal temperature "
Kaida looked at her two children and spontaneously got a smile on her face. She felt intensely happy that all three of her babies had survived. But she was particularly curious about the second prince.
With the help of Jaya, Kaida tried to breastfeed the children, but because Kaida had too few nutrients and the birth was two weeks ago, her breast milk did not rise.
"Don't worry, Kaida, you have to eat well in the coming period and try to breastfeed them every day. Before they were born you already had milk, so I am convinced that it will be alright! "
Kaida looked a little sad, but did not give up and would keep trying !.
"Jaya the sun is already starting to rise, it's time to bring them back. "
Jaya looked surprised at
"bring them back? Why? They are going to the nursery that you had made! "
Kaida waved her hands
"not yet I have a surprise for Haya first and nobody is allowed to know that I have already recovered"
Jaya reluctantly called the personal maids of the first prince and first princess. When they came in, they made a small bow and said in unison
"Greetings queen, may your fire burn forever"
Kaida nodded and signaled that they could come up.
"Please tell me What you know about the situation?"
The personal maid of the first prince stepped forward. She was a slender lady of 25 years, she had black hair and green eyes.
"Your highness my name is Chika. it is clear that the king does not want his mother to take over the full care of the children. That is why we also stay in the north wing of the palace "
The personal maid of the first princess stepped forward. She was a voluptuous lady of 23 years, she had brown hair and black eyes.
"Your highness my name is Ena. it is clear that he is hiding something from his mother, especially since he knows you fell because of her "
Kaida frowned and looked at them coldly
"he knows what happened?" And yet Haya still reside in the palace? "
Kaida was furious, she thought huli was acting that way because he didn't know what had happened. But he knew it and he still protects his mother and allows her to remain in the palace. I had it!
"Jaya have all my belongings and those of the children transferred to the southern wing of the palace and do it subtly so that it is not noticed. When all three children are able to travel, we will leave for the village where my army is located "
Jaya looked at her hesitantly
"Your queen are you sure? Isn't it convenient to talk to the king first "
"Yes, I know for sure, we made a few agreements for our marriage. The first year of our marriage will be over in less than two months. It is not that I am leaving the north and I have already given him three children."
Jaya nodded and walked out of the chamber with the two personal maids of the first prince and princess